Evidence and Policy-Making: An Organizational Approach

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Christensen, Johan
• 署名单位: Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352; 1540-6210
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.70051
• 发表日期: 2026-05
• 页码: 699-712
• 关键词: evidence; evidence-based policy-making; organizational theory; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; INFORMATION; IMPACT

摘要

Strengthening the role of evidence in policy-making is increasingly seen as crucial for the quality and legitimacy of public policies. Both among practitioners and scholars, there is a growing awareness that evidence-informed policy-making not only depends on the rigor and relevance of the research, science communication or features of policy-makers. It also depends on how expertise arrangements in public organizations are organized. Yet, we currently lack a solid understanding of how organization matters for the role of evidence in policy-making. The article presents an organizational-theoretical perspective on how the formal organization of public bureaucracies shapes evidence use in policy-making, with important implications for both analysis and design of expertise arrangements in public administration. The article thereby sets a new research agenda at the intersection of organizational theory and scholarship on evidence and policy-making, which speaks directly to public administration practice.